(Closed) Engagement in Versailles outside Paris!!

I’ve always wanted to go to Versailles in France and visit the palace, gardens and hamlet of Marie Antoinette. In January, my boyfriend (at the time we were together just under 7 years and have our own home just under a year) decided we shouls go, but we both were sick of people asking when we were getting engaged (because everyone we know was doing it!) that we said we wouldn’t tell people incase they got the wrong idea.

Little did I know it was the right idea!!

Going through security in the airport I made jokes about a comedian telling a story above a friend being caught in Heathrow airport with a ring at secuirty and having to propose – Ciaran laughed, but ow I realise it was a nervous laugh!! He thought I knew

When we got to France we stayed in the Waldorf Astoria Trianon Palace – a total dream and dead posh! I was so out of place but didn’t care!!

After dinner in a lovely Bistro (& 2 bottles of wine, we’re Irish) we went back to the hotel and agreed to freshen up and go for one drink in the bar. While I was doing my makeup in the bathroom he called me into the room to look at something -HE WAS ON 1 KNEE

He said nothing – I said are f****** serious! He froze, then said will you marry me … I said yes lol! He didn’t know if it was a good response or bad response I had given him! He stummbled to his feet…in slow mo…I couldn’t what and shouted ‘GIMME THE BLING’ jumping lol so not like me, I never went looking at rings before or talked about weddings or marriage and was so pleased!

We went to the bar in the end and had two mojitos

The next day we saw everything I dreamed of seeing in Versailles and spent 3 days in Paris before back home to Ireland.

@Nat_can: I’m glad you like it – we laugh too at it but he didn’t know what to do at the time – he thought I was goig to say no because it was in the hotel room he planned to do it inn the gardens the next day but got cold feet when the receptionist give us the low down on the area and Sunday being the busiest day!

@peonia: we realised 2 bottles of wine was not the norm when the waiter seemed shocked! We were in Sydney a few years ago and bought tickets for a dinner cruise of Darling Harbour – they had an all you can drink offer, they asked were we English, we said no Irish, and they we tempted to not give us the tickets! Said they wouldn’t have threw in the all you can drink if they’d known